Monkeypox: Another Day, Another Outbreak
byEdited by Mohamad Wehbe From smallpox in the 1960s to Ebola and Zika outbreaks in 2015 and 2016 respectively, writing the history of human…
Health & Medicine
Shifting the Paradigm: Why Microorganisms Are More Useful Than We Think
byEdited by Mohamad Wehbe “When Orson Welles said “We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone”, he was mistaken. Even when we are…
The First Pig-to-human Heart Transplant and The Future of Xenografts
byThe idea of accepting an animal organ in place of our own might sound repugnant at first. Is it a real danger to our…
Lebanon and Omicron: The Strategy of an Exacerbated Healthcare Sector
byA few weeks after its discovery in South Africa, the emergence of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron has already taken its toll. To this…
Plastic Surgery: Sin or Virtue?
byWhat do Michael Jackson, the Kardashians, and Cristiano Ronaldo have in common? Plastic surgery. In his 1988 autobiography Moonwalk, the King of Pop writes…
Genetic Engineering in Medicine: Darwin’s Evolution on Steroids?
byGo back in time to the late 19th century and imagine yourself being told that in a couple of decades, the internet and smartphones…
The Need for a Holistic Sexual Education in Lebanese Schools
bySchool is one of the primary hubs for children and adolescents to develop their identities and self-explore in a healthy manner far from shame,…
HIV Vaccines: Four Decades of Learning From Failures
by“At times I feel my body has been transformed into a factory of infection, a vessel of virus. The wheels and cogs are constantly…
The Race Everybody Should Win
by50 nanometres. It is unfathomable that something this small could wreak havoc and bring the entire world to a halt. Yet we find ourselves…
The Matilda Effect: Women Scientists Erased From the History Books
byIf you believe the history books, science is a guy thing. Discoveries are made by men, which spur further innovation by men, followed by…